The Day We Got Internet

Pelican skimming along the surface of the sea.

Our second day in Chuburna began warm and sunny, just what we had been looking forward to.  Without Internet service, the usual morning checking of e-mail was missed, as well as reading the local newspapers from home – no loss as we then sat outside in the morning sun to appreciate the beautiful weather.  While enjoying our morning coffee, we watched the pelicans and the seagulls fish for their meals.  Particularly interesting was how the Pelicans would float just above the surface of the water.  When the need for more speed came, they simply rose a few inches with a beating of their wings then again return to the gliding position.  Awesome to watch.Children playing a video game in the doorway of their home.

Children playing a video game in the doorway of their home.

As soon as the women got back from Progreso, we decided to head out for a late lunch to a small local restaurant.  While waiting for our food and enjoying a great lemonade, I saw two young children playing a video machine in a doorway across the road.  Our walk yesterday showed us that most stores had at least two of these game machines.

Beside the front entry on the privacy wall, a shrine to St. Mary.

After finishing our meal, we ended up checking a small corner store while Kathy made a purchase.  The store was beside a relatively beautiful home that had an interesting privacy wall built around it.  We noticed that this home was a bit different from other homes as it had two shrines honouring St. Mary.  So far, we had noticed that many homes had one such shrine.  There is no question that this is a Catholic country, at least in the rural Yucatan area. 

We then returned back to our villa and made contact with our family so that they would stop worrying about our safety.  We had our first Skype conversation in Mexico with grandchildren.  Life seems back to normal now for all of us.

With evening approaching we decided to go for one more walk in a different direction.  Along the way we got to say “Buenas Tardes” and “Hola” to a number of local people who were finishing up their work on various villas undergoing seasonal repairs.  It was the end of the workday for them, a good day from the looks of the smiles on their faces as they passed us by.  We walked as far down the trail as we thought wise as it was beginning to get dusky. 

Turning to walk back to our little home on the beach, the sunset painted some incredible scenes.  I was particulary impressed with the colours, different from the sunset we watched the night before.  We sure didn’t rush our walk back, as we walked along the shoreline.  We got back to the villa and had some tea sitting out on the patio listening to the waves before heading in for a relaxing evening reading our books and catching up on news from home thanks to our Internet connections.